Associate Director, Medical Writing - Remote
Remote- Job Level: Senior
- Travel: Minimal
At Takeda, we exist to create better health for people and a brighter future for the world. While we continually evolve science and technology, our ambition remains steadfast — we move science forward so we can transform more lives. The Global Development Office (GDO) maintains a laser focus on Study Management and Site Engagement, Clinical Trial Innovation, Clinical Supply Chain and Patient Safety to ensure absolute quality and enable the predictable delivery of our innovative pipeline.
Through its collaborative process, the GDO team leverages data, digital and analytics to improve speed, quality, performance and predictability within every area of clinical development. We’re building a platform to visualize operational data and enable predictive analytics, while leveraging digital technologies to support clinical supply chain and patient safety. GDO also partners with external organizations and leading academic institutions, such as MIT, to spark innovation in AI and Machine Learning focused on better patient outcomes.
At the heart of GDO are our people: we are committed to building a more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture not only within our own walls and our communities, but also across our clinical trials. It is our passion for people that transforms our work into meaningful action. Come join a team that has earned trust for more than two centuries and advances transformative therapies with honesty, integrity and fairness.
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Job Description
About the role:
At Takeda, we are a forward-looking, world-class R&D organization that unlocks innovation and delivers transformative therapies to patients. By focusing R&D efforts on four therapeutic areas and other targeted investments, we push the boundaries of what is possible in order to bring life-changing therapies to patients worldwide.
Join Takeda as a Associate Director Medical Writing where you will be responsible for medical writing activities for a program or multiple programs within a therapeutic area depending on the scope and stage of clinical development and may or may not have direct reports. With minimal oversight, provides strategic direction to cross-functional project teams to ensure that clinical regulatory documents (eg, investigators' brochures, study protocol and amendments, study reports, marketing authorization submission documents) accurately and consistently present key clinical messages in accordance with program goals and regulatory requirements. You will write and/or provide direction and leadership to other writers to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality documents that are scientifically rigorous, logically organized, and which provide accurate data presentation and interpretation. In addition to project responsibilities, the Associate Director, Medical Writing is responsible for non-project related activities (eg, subject matter expert for a process), and generally leads or participates on departmental or cross-functional initiatives designed to establish best practices and efficient cross-functional collaboration.
You will also contribute to therapeutic area project teams as the medical writing expert for regulatory submission documents. Collaborate with all Takeda regions to ensure a medical writing regulatory document strategy is created and executed upon for all products within area of responsibility.
As part of the Medical Writing team, you will report to the Medical Writing Director.
How you will contribute:
- Lead the writing strategy providing expertise including organization, content, timelines, and resource requirements.
- Provides more complex advanced input for study designs, analysis plans, sections of INDs and marketing applications.
- Coordinates the activities of Takeda employees, contract employees and vendors (on-site or external), provides review and substantive editing of contributions, and ensures resolution of issues.
- Within designated therapeutic area, manages deliverables and preparation of documents for submission to FDA or other regulatory agencies, ensuring consistency of content within therapeutic areas and adherence to regulatory requirements, as well as Takeda requirements and processes across development programs.
- Represents Medical Writing on cross-functional teams and task forces (related to projects, process, and standards). As required, serves as lead writer for important regulatory response documents and key components of regulatory submissions.
- The Associate Director, Medical Writing is seen as an expert in medical writing and performs work independently with minimal supervision.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in a relevant scientific/clinical/regulatory field preferred; Bachelor’s degree is required.
- At least 10 years of experience writing clinical/regulatory documents for a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company is required.
- Experience as lead writer for key documents included in major US and/or international regulatory submissions required.
- Experience managing writing activities for a major US or international regulatory submission (project or people management) preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and interpret clinical and scientific data with minimal oversight; ability to define data presentation to meet key messages developed by the clinical team.
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead the development, review, and approval of all clinical document types (ie, those typically developed by MW) and the ability to identify any new or unique document types which may require a different approach.
- Demonstrated ability to appropriately manage resourcing across assigned projects and negotiate workload priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to establish detailed timelines for completion of assigned projects and ensure efficient, timely completion.
- Excellent project management skills including in depth understanding of clinical timelines (study and submission level) and working knowledge of roles of other functional areas and the interdependencies among groups.
- Ability to interact effectively with team members/leaders and senior leaders at Takeda proactively facilitating effective information exchange/communication (including problem solving and issue resolution).
- Working knowledge of current global regulatory requirements/guidelines applicable to clinical research (eg, GCP).
- Working knowledge of the regulatory guidance(s) regarding content for various document types including, but not limited to, ICH E3 (CSRs), ICH E6 (IBs), ICH M4, ICH E2E, EMA guidance on RMPs).
More about us:
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.
Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.
This position is currently classified as "remote" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.
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For Location:
Massachusetts - VirtualU.S. Base Salary Range:
149,100.00 - 234,300.00The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.
U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-termincentives. U.S.based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S.based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
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